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W'ILLIA'M I). MANN, Oli XEVV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR IO MANNS BOUDOIR GAR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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E5PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,653, dated January 25, 1887.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NVILLIAM DALron MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing I at New York, in the county and State of New 5 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boudoir Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-cars having some points in common io with the improved slcepingcar described in Letters Patent No. 198,991, granted to me the 8th of January, 1878.

Under my improved construction I employ end platformsm'hich may be l customary form, J and at each end of the car a vestibule connecting with a side corridor, and communicating with the latter anydesirable number of rooms with beds athwart the car; and I also construct one or more rooms the entire width of 2c the car, so as to cut off the side corridor or corridors. Connecting with the vestibule at one end I arrange a ladies boudoir or stateroom with beds athwnrt the car, and also a ladies dressingroom, which, together with the ladies vestibule, are separated by a door from the main corridor, thus securing to ladies traveling alone a seclusion. not otherwise attainable. In connection with the other vestibule I construct a bullet and smoking 0 room and a gentlemens toilet-room, these, to gether with the gentlemensvestibule, being separated from the main corridor by a door serving to protect the main body of the car from any odor in the bufi'et or smoking-room.

In order to eii'ect the ventilation of the staterooms of boudoir-cars, I construct the panels of the doors and the stationary panels above the crown-moldings of rattan, slat, cane, or other open-work, which may be made highly ornamental and affords a free circulation of Serial No. 125,451. (No model.)

or all of the adjoining state-rooms or boudoirs, so as to provide for parties traveling in company communicating rooms which may be secluded or thrown open to the corridor and the entire car at the will of the occupants.

In order that my invention maybe fully understood, I will proceed to describe it in detail with reference to theaecompanying drawings, in which-- Figure I is a door plan of arailwaycar illustrating the invention. Fig. II is a door plan illustrating a modification. Fig. III is a vertieallongitudinal section through the corridor, looking toward the state-rooms, and showing some of the rooms closed and some open. Fig. IV is a transverse section of the car. Fig. V is a perspective View of one of the sliding panels on a larger scale. Fig. VI is an elevation of the same in position in the frame, also on a larger scale. Fig. VIII is a horizontal section thereof, also on a larger scale.

1 1 represent the end platforms of the car, which connect with veslibnles 2 3, provided with toilet and dressing rooms 4 5, and connecting through doors 6 Twith a side corridor, 8, extending a part of the length of the car. The door 6, which shuts off the ladies vestibule 2 and dressingroom 4. from the corrider 8, also incloses and secludcs a ladies boudoir, 9, opening out of theladies vestibule 2. A corresponding door, 7, at the gentle niens end of the car separates the corridor 8 from the gentlenicns vestibule 3, connecting with which are a dressing-room, 5, a closet, 5*, 8

or a buffet, 10, and a smoking-room, 11.

These apartments may be optionally arranged as illustrated in Figs. I and II, and are se eluded by the door 7, so as to prevent the passage of any odor to the corridor 8, and thus to the main body of the car.

12 represents separate staterooms connecting with the corridor 8. These may be of any number, according to the construction and dc sired capacity of the car.

I further provide a drawing-room, 13, extending the whole width of the car,whieh may be arranged centrally, as in Fig. II, or at or near one end, as preferred, and is isolated from the corridors by doors 13. When the corridor is separated by the drawing-rooxn,thesepara-te corridors may be on one side, as in Fig.

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I, or on oppositesides, asin Fig. II. Itwillfurther be apparent that other parts of my invention may be carried into effect without the use of the drawing-room 13, or an apartment extending the, whole width of the car.

In some places I have shown the state-rooms 12 double-that is, provided with two transverse couches separated by standing roomand insome places single, and I have illustrated a door, 12, in the partition between two rooms. Such a door may manifestly be placed in any of the partitions where it is desirable, so as to provide communicating rooms for families or parties traveling in company. My arrangement of side corridors and trans verse couches affords special facility for such conveniences.

The longitudinal partition which separates the corridor 8 from the staterooms 12 is con structed above the crown-molding l lwith panels 15, of open cane or rattan work, adapted to permit the free passage and circulation of air, while precluding vision. I mayemploy similar open-work panels above the crownmolding over one or both of the doors6 7 in the transverse partitions which separate the end vestibules from the corridor; but this openwork is preferably dispensed with at the gentlemens end of the car,:so as to prevent the passage of odors from the buffet and smoking FOOD].

The doors 17 of the state-rooms are formed with panels 18 of open-work in slats or cane, rattan, or other material to permit the circulation of air while preserving the privacy of the rooms.

In the partition between the doors 17 are double panels 19, receiving between them sliding panels 20, which extend for a sufficient height above the level of the arms of the stateroom seats 21 to afford to the occupants of the rooms, when the sliding panels are thrown up, a full and free View on the corridor side, and thus provide for allpassengers who may desire it the same freedom as in an open car for day use, while complete seclusion may be had at between the partition-stiles or door-jambs, I construct them with tongues 23, short vertically, projecting horizontally at their upper and lower ends, and fitting within grooves in the stiles 22.. .By the use of the short tongues 23, I am enabled to guide the panels and adapt them to move freely without danger of cramp ing or binding,which would otherwise be liable to occur from changes of temperature or from straining or warping of the frame-work. The edges of the panels between the tongues 23 are beveled, as shown at 24 in Figs. V and VII, the beveled edges projecting with-in the 1 1. In a looudoir or other car, a partition for separating the state-room from the corridor, having one or. more sliding panels in the lower portion, and rattan or other open-workiabove the crown-molding, as and for the purpose set a forth.

2. In a houdoir or other car provided with state-rooms and a longitudinal corridor,; a partition for separating said state-rooms and corridor, provided with one or moresliding pan-v els, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A boudoir sleeping-carhav-ing a side corridor, adjoining boudoirs fitted with beds athwart the ear,a connecting-door in the partition between the said lbOlldOllS, and one or more movable panels in the partition between the couch portions and the side corridor for throwing tliewhole open for day use, asexplained.

W. D. MANN.

Witnesses:

W. D. DANIELS, Oeuvres. KNIGHT. 

